Shoe-shining stand.



G. E. MONAHAN.

SHOE SHINING STAND. APPLlcAloa FILED 1AN.31,19\8.

Patented Dee. 3, i918.

GEORGE E. MONAHAN, or CLEVELAND, OHIO.

sHoE-sHINIivG STAND.

'To all whom t may concern:

l Be it known thatI, GEORGE E. MONAHAN, a citizen of the United States, residing jat Cleveland, countyy of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have'invented a new and useful Shoe-Shiningl tand, of which the following is a specification. y

My invention relates to a shoe shining stand which has means to hlold theshoe to be shined'down upon the stand. I

tThe object of my invention is to provide a stand which holds the shoe upon the stand and which permits of easy and ready clampingy of the shoe thereon. 'n

I attain this obj ect yby the mechanism illustrated inthe accompanying drawings which show one embodiment of my invention' yand in which Figure I vis a top `plan view of a shoe shining stand, Fig. II is an elevation of'FigI, and Fig. IIIis a section online 3-3 of Figs. I andII. v y

Similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout the views. y.

The body- 1 made 'of suitablematerial and,

fpreferably,.ribbed as shown for the purpose of economic production as, to weight, has the flat surface2 upon which the sole of the shoe rests, and further has the'cut away portion 4C upon which theyheelv restsgand further has the flanges 5 for the purpose of clamping'.

the stand down upon a suitable support. On

the central rib 6 andnear the central part of the body, the bosses 7 are provided. The stud 8 passes through the bosses 7 and may, conveniently, be secured therein while casting the body 1 although it is preferred that the stud 8 lits loosely inthe bosses 7. The faces 9 of the bosses are concave. It is not necessary that these faces 9 be machined since this concave surface can readily be provided while casting the body 1. Adjacent to the bosses 7, the rib 6 is provided with a notch 10 to receive the spring 11 as will appear hereinafter.

Each clamp arm 12 has the hook 13, both of which are adapted to grip the sole of a shoe, preferably at or near the arch. It is noted that these hooks 13 are somewhat broad for the purpose of taking hold of a comparatively large portion of the shoe sole to the end that the sole may not be injured as will be done by narrow hooks. At theproper location, each clamp arm 12 has the boss 14, the front faces of which are convex to correspond and fit to the concave faces 9 on, the bosses 7. The bosses 14 have the Speccaton of Letters Patent.

Application led January 31., 1918.*y Serial No. 214,581. p

' diameter Patented Dee. 3, 1918.

openings the countersinksl to receive the nuts 17. The clamp arms 12 further have the lugs 18 which 'have the openings 19 which receive the lends ofthe springll.

-It will be seen that the lclamp arms 12 'p are flexibly mounted on the body l; the concayeand convex surfaces9 forming a ball Joint which permits the clamp arms to swivel in -any directiongso ythat the hooks -13 can adjust themselves'A to fthe outline or contour of the shoe sole and, at the same t1me, permit ofthe manipulation of the 'clampl'arms to readily ,gripor release the shoe.` Y

The spring 11, made-of suitable strength and material, has the circular coil 20; the

point 21; resting against the upper rear surface of the -notch 10 ,-while the point 22 Y'rests against the lower front surface of the notch .10; the ends 23 of the spring 11 lpass through the openings 19 in the ends ofthefclamp l arms 12.

The opera-tion ofthe stand described is as 'follows v.Vlhen the stand isnot in use, the clamp arms 1'2l may assume the position shown'in dotted lines in Fig. II. y A. shoe is then placed upon the body 1 and may rest on the faces 2 and 4. The ends of the clamp arms 12 (near lugs 18) are then pressed inwardly or toward each other which `may be done with one hand, whereupon the points 13 of the arms 12 are removed a short distance from the body 1 and the legs of the spring 11 are somewhat compressed thereby or put under more tension than when in lnormal position, although the springll should be under some tension when the arms are in the position shown dotted in Fig. II. These same ends of the arms 12 are then pushed downwardly,`which may be done with the same hand mentioned until the points 13 are brought a short distance above the top of the shoe sole. These same ends of the arms 12 are then released whereupon the points 13 enter therein, beingprovided to permit thev arms 12 to move or swivel in all directions so that the points 13 ymay adapt themselves 15 which are somewhat larger in i thanthe studs 8, and further havewhich is as follows: When the arms 12 are vwhich tension vtends to of the'arms'12 (near 'at 1s,21,fa11d 22.

have 1V gripped ,the

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and ally parts are shown dotted in Fig. 1I, there lis in posit-ion no tension on the spring 11 lonpractically `gitudinally,but kthe vpoints 21 .and `22 VLrest` rather heavily on the corresponding surfaces of the notch 10. There is, however, consid-4 erable tension on thespring 11 transversely,

'the arms 12 are pushed down, whereupon'the points 13 move upwardly, considerable tenlsion is imposed `uponthe spring 11 longitudinally owing to When thehand is released fromthese fouter vendsof the arms 12., vthis 'tension Aof the. spring y11 'tends to force Athese outer ends ofthe arms 12 upwardl.y`and consequently .tends tofforce the points 13,whic h shoe sole, downwardly, v,wherebythe shoe .w'ill'be held upon thegstand by the tension of the spring 11. In order .to release the shoe., it is only necessary to press theou'terends of the arms 12 inwardly or toward each other sufliciently far sojtha't y Iclear the shoe sole, whereupon the tension of lthe spring 11 will `force the points .13 downwardlyv andk the .shoe .is'kgreleased. Vj,

It will be seen thatthisinvention provides a stand'which iseconomical of. ymanufacture since very little machine work is required y `so designed that a good clean castingmay be made without any cores.

sucha way that :no seamappears on these forcethe 0,11'061" 9nd.` iugs'is) away from' n 'in'fthelusual manner lwithout. danger of 1neach other.l Now, when these outer ends .of

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the' points kof suspension f yEven the concave and convex` surfaces may be cast smooth since the-mold can be parted surfaces. It willv further'A be seen that this invention provides a stand which is efficientv lsince a slight movement of one hand releases or ,grips-and holds the shoe in position'. f ,No part of the stand projects outside of the shoe v'andno nuts erctherprojections appear outside of the apparatus proper so lthata shoe brush or .polishing clothjmayjfreely befused "I am aware that 2various'mo'dification-s are Ypossible within gthescope Ofmy invention.

Therefore, without limiting myself` tol "the precise construction shown', I'claim:y

. 'An apparatus ofthejcharacter.described the body byfball joints and lprol Iided, withl inwardly directed jaws, and a springfheld against movement in thebody and adapted to'force the .outer endszofjthe clamp arms outward andnpward'to hold an 'ob'jt down upen'fhebofly- L i n 2.l An,apparatusoftheIchk racterdescribed comprising a` body, a clamp Jarrnmounted 'on the springadapted to forcethe outer endsof `the clamp arms outward'and'iipwardfohold f i the object down'uponQthebody.` Y GEORGE 'MONAHANJ Copies ofth's patent may be obtained vfor ve 'cents each,lby nddressing'thefCommissioner df Taten'ts,

' 'Wllhinzfomn'of a comprising a `body, a v'pair of fclamparms attac'hed to 

